how long are you staying full after eating?

how long after your meals or snacks til you feel hunger? and if you get hungry before 3 hours how are you dealing with it?

For me, depends on what I had for the meal before and if the day before I was a hard core lifter.  I tend to be hungier the day after a big lift.  Typically 2 to 3 hours is my hunger popup zone.  If I eat 2 or 3 ounces of dense meat, a T of salsa and slice o chee (my main staple) then its 3ish hours.  Unless work is ****ty and I am working hard and making no cashdolla and all the moneymaking accounts are empty, then I find I *want* to eat more often, but that's not hungry, that's a distraction faction!

If I have a salad, or a sandwich, or veggies AND my meat, then its closer to 2 hours - and I tend to eat those things as a last meal in the evening if I eat them, then if I have the hungries closer to bed, I just have a cup of warm almondy milk with some flavor in it, just as a something in my tum. 

Next?

I start to get hungry after about 3 hours if I eat a dense protein meal.  If I just eat a snack, or less dense meal, it is around 2 hours.  But I can usually hold off until every 4 hours or so before I eat again.

The key for me is to eat dense protein first every time I eat, but sometimes I just don't want to!

It's about 3 hours for me too - but thankfully, "hungry" feels no where near what it did pre-surgery!

For the most part I can go 3-4-5 hours if I'm active and have no time for food and my mind is occupied with work or something.

But sometimes i get a hungry feeling only after an hour after eating........ Than I ask myself "is this really hunger" In almost every case I can still physically feel food just past my sleeve..... so I know it's not "Physical Hunger" and tell myself it's head hunger. I also think if the day before i had any increased amounts of carbs..... and yes.... more times than not..... I had carbs the day before.

The best way for me to deal with pre-mature hunger is to walk.....(kinda like taking a cold shower) hey... maybe a cold shower would work to curb hunger?

That's my un-scientific study on hunger !

frisco

ya know, this really really varies. often its 3 or 4 hours but sometimes sooner. if i feel hungry, i eat, provided its real hunger. these days its less a feeling in the belly than the jittery edgy feeling that is probably associated with lower blood sugar. thank god for no more of that bottomless pit - i could eat a horse - feeling. food is appealing, quantities are not. so it i feel hungry between meals the snack may be almonds or a bite of cheese. and like Frisco says, i notice it less when i am occupied  with some project or work of an interesting nature. even including viewing and writing on these forums is of more interest than snacking.  thats my take. D

I probably get hungry every 2-3 hours or so...  I never eat meals until I am full, I know what it takes to satisfy myself and that is all I allow myself.  (Unless I am eating out, then I indulge until I am almost full, but not stuffed...)

I eat 3 meals a day and 3 or more snacks, so normally I don't get too hungry in between.

My snacks and treats are as follows, and I eat these in controlled amounts:
-  Almonds
-  PB
-  Rainsins
-  Cheese
-  M&M Peaunts once a day on my walk

I also drink water like a fish in between all that eating, I am sooooooo thirsty all the time now.  I LOVE my water, even in the middle of the night.  I often have a small snack when I get up in the middle of the night as well.

I get hungry every 1-2 hours, which is really my main problem post-sleeve. The dense protein can keep me full for 3 hours but only if I eat ZERO carbs during the day. Even fruit and veggies cause problems.

I hate getting hungry so often, and it makes it a lot harder to stay on plan, because dense protein is a hard thing to keep in your bag for a snack.

Have you tried to Oh Boy! Oberto Pepperoni Beef Sticks?  They do not require refrigeration & 1 stick really fills me up.  It might be something to keep on hand or at your desk for an emergency "fill up".

Sounds so yummy!  And beef jerky, and protein bars, and and and everything else I can't get here!